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Apr 2020
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“The Gainesville Ripper” Pt. 2: Danny Ro...

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In 1989, Danny Rolling had already gotten away with a shocking triple murder. As he tried to stay ahead of the Shreveport cops, he made his way to Gainesville, where he set about terrorizing the University of Florida Campus as the “Gainesville Ripper.”

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